Yochelsonellis orphanus Perner 1903 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae

Alternative combinations: Bellerophon (Cyrtolites) orphanus, Yochelsonia orphanus

Full reference: J. Perner. 1903. Gastéropodes, Tome 1: Patellidae et Bellerophontidae 1-164

Belongs to Yochelsonellis according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Horný 1963, Horný 1966 and Perner 1903

Sister taxa: Yochelsonellis decorus, Yochelsonellis fallax, Yochelsonellis fasciculatus, Yochelsonellis kokeni, Yochelsonellis planicosta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dvorce Cement Factory, Praha - Podolí, which is in a Gorstian carbonate limestone in the Kopanina Formation of the Czech Republic

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Dvorce Cement Factory, Praha - Podolí

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